Frank L. Pilar

Frank L. Pilar received B.S. and M.S. degrees from the University of Nebraska (Lincoln) in 1951 and 1953, respectively, and a Ph.D. from the University of Cincinnati in 1957. Between 1953 and 1955 he was a research chemist at the Standard Oil Company (Indiana), where he worked on Ziegler-Natta toon meer olefin polymerization. Since 1957 he taught at the University of New Hampshire and served as chairman of the chemistry department from 1982 to his retirement in 1992. Since retirement he has devoted his activities to town government and to volunteer trail work with the Appalachian Mountain Club. toon minder